What is the temperature of Endofrost?
-50 ° C
Description: ENDO FROST SPRAY serves to freeze pellets and dental rolls. Features: Temperature -50 ° C. Convenient nozzle for precise application.
What is Endo ice?
ENDO-ICE spray is used to ice cotton or endo frost pellets to test the normal response of nerve fibers by stimulating the nerve endings of the pulp with it. The spray is odorless and a spray nozzle for precise application on the pellet is delivered in conjunction.
What causes tooth pulp inflammation?
According to a 2016 systematic review , the most common cause of pulpitis is when bacteria irritate the dental pulp through an area of tooth decay, including dental caries. Other causes of pulpal inflammation include: trauma or injury to a tooth. grinding or clenching the teeth.
What is sensibility testing?
Sensitivity tests assess the sensory response of a tooth to an external stimulus, results which may be extrapolated to indirectly determine pulpal health status. Sensory stimuli, such as heat, cold or an electrical current, are applied to the tooth in question in order to stimulate the nocireceptors within the pulp.
How does an apex locator work?
Essentially, electronic apex locators work by using the body to complete an electrical circuit. One side of the apex locator is connected to the oral mucosa (via a lip clip) and the other side to the file.
Do dentists use dry ice?
Ways dentists perform thermal testing. In the case of cold testing, the dentist will hold ice, dry ice, or a cotton swab that’s been soaked in a refrigerant, against the tooth.
Can tooth pulp repair itself?
Unfortunately, the infected pulp of the tooth will not heal on its own and requires a root canal to properly be treated. Sometimes, patients may think a tooth infection has healed itself once they no longer feel pain in their tooth, but this just signals that the nerves inside of the tooth have died.
Why is pulpitis more painful at night?
The other reason, and probably the main reason why it gets worse at night for most, is due to blood flow when you lie down. When you lay down horizontally all the blood flows towards your head and face and therefore can cause pressure on the sensitive areas where your toothache is.